Brian Hamilton of the Chicago Tribune reports that tight end Mike Ragone was hospitalized Wednesday after he overheated during practice.
From Hamilton:
Tight end Mike Ragone was treated for heat illness after the workout Wednesday morning and hospitalized overnight for observation, though the senior is back on campus and now will be held out of practice until he’s sufficiently recovered.
Team trainers and doctors treated Ragone, who is vying for the No. 2 tight end spot during the preseason, immediately after seeing signs of heat illness and brought his temperature down, according to a team spokesman. Ragone was then brought to a local hospital as a precaution and he was released midday, the spokesman said.
Ragone missed today’s practice and likely will not participate in the first set of two-a-days scheduled for Friday. His return depends on physicians’ satisfaction that his system has enough fluids back in it, among other measures.All reports indicate that Ragone is recovering just fine, but heat-related illness during training camps is serious business.